Thomas ebebline



(No Model.) l i T. EBERLINE.

AXLB SKEIN. 180.288,982. Patented Aug. 28, 1888:.

Int/en for,

UNITED STATES iTHOMAS EEEELINE, oE TAEENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent 1\To. 283,982, dated August2 8, 1883. Application filed May 10, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, THoMAs EBEELINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tarentum, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAxle-Skeins, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents a central vertical longitudinal section of myimproved axle-skein, showing a portion of the axle-tree to which it hasbeen applied. Fig. 2 shows a bottom view of the axle-skein.

My invention relates to axle-skeins generally used upon Woodenaxle-trees.

The axle-skeins commonly used upon axletrees ofV this description arecomposed of a conical iron thimble slipped upon the ends of the axle andsecured thereon by a screw which passes through the outer end of theskein and embeds itself in the wood of the axle. This screw soon losesits hold, causing the skein to become loose, and is the cause of muchannoyance and expense because of its rendering the skein more liable tobecome broken.

To obviate the `difiiculty above mentioned I have applied a steel strip,C, to the inner end steel strip C may have an enlargement or shoulderbetween its outer end and bolt D, or in other words outside the innerstationary washer or shoulder of the skein. i The object of this strip,besides forming a steel underbearing for the inner end of theaxle-skein, prevents the skein from becoming loose. This is secured bythe direct attachment of the inner end of the strip by the bolt Dpassing through the axle.

By arranging the steel strip C to lie but partially under the axle-skeinand nearest the inner shoulder or boss of the skein, I construct anaxle-skein which can be put upon the market at a much cheaper price thanthose which have the strip extending the whole length of the axle.Moreover, Ihave found in practice that the greater part of the wearcornes upon the inner and larger part of the axle, and that it is notnecessary that the steel strip project farther than I have described andshown it in drawings.

I do not claim, broadly, the insertion of a steel strip in theaxle-skein of a wagon.Y

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is;

In combinationwith a wagon-axle, t-he axleskein B, and the steelbearing-strip C, one end of which extends partly across the cast-ironskein where the hub of the wheel revolves t0 prevent wear at that point,the midlength of the strip having a shoulder formed thereon, arranged toabut against the inner collar of the skein, and the other end of thestrip constituting-Ma tang through which the bolt D passes to secure thedevice to the axle, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY GoNLocK.

